| International Standard Book Number |
9780063455443 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063455447 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780063437371 (paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063437376 (paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Colgan, Jenny, author.
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| Title Statement |
The secret Christmas library : a novel / Jenny Colgan.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : William Morow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
305 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt's attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she's been hired by Jamie McKinnon, the surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral holdings include a vast crumbling castle. Family lore suggests that the McKinnon family's collection includes a rare book so valuable that it could save the entire estate--if they only knew where it was. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down this treasure, which he believes is hidden in his own home. But on the train to the Highlands, Mirren runs into rival book hunter Theo Palliser, and instantly knows that it's not a chance meeting. She's all too familiar with Theo's good looks and smooth talk, and his uncanny ability to appear whenever there's a treasure that needs locating. Almost as soon as Mirren and Theo arrive at the castle, a deep snow blankets the Highlands, cutting off the outside world. Stuck inside, the three of them plot their search as the wind whistles outside. Mirren knows that Jamie's grandfather, the castle's most recent laird, had been a book collector, a hoarder, and a great lover of treasure hunts. Now they must unpuzzle his clues, discovering the secrets of the house--forming and breaking alliances in a race against time"-- Dust jacket flap.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Antiquarian booksellers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rare books Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Lost books Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Treasure hunting Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Man-woman relationships Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Highlands (Scotland) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Christmas fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Cozy mysteries.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Romance fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Love stories.
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